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BECTON DICKINSON MEDICAL SYSTEMS

Manufacturer adverse-event records for BECTON DICKINSON MEDICAL SYSTEMS come from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) MAUDE database via openFDA, refreshed March 2026 - see our methodology. Not medical advice.

FDA MAUDE device safety record · 2003–2026 · mid-book · typical Death-code · injury-light

Injury-mix signature

BECTON DICKINSON MEDICAL SYSTEMS is lighter on Injury codes

Injury-coded event_type share is 3.7% (injury-light tercile) beside 0.22% Death-coded (typical). Volume band: mid.

What the Injury-mix reading shows for BECTON DICKINSON MEDICAL SYSTEMS

The standout signal for BECTON DICKINSON MEDICAL SYSTEMS is Injury-mix: 3.7% Injury-coded (injury-light) beside 0.22% Death-coded, on a mid-book footprint.

Mid-pack volume still shows a clear device fingerprint; the table below is the actionable layer for BECTON DICKINSON MEDICAL SYSTEMS. Event_type Death/Injury codes differ from patient-outcome rows - see methodology.

Reports span 19 device types, led in this extract by Malfunction at 9,483 (96.1% of event_type total). Peak single-year volume reaches 1,527 reports across 18 years. These are raw FDA submissions, not adjudicated findings. Snapshot . Verify current communications on the FDA MDR page.

9,869
Total Reports
22
Event-type Death
361
Injury Reports
19
Device Types

Event Types

Malfunction 9,483 (96.1%)
Injury 361 (3.7%)
Death 22 (0.2%)
Other 2 (0.0%)
1 (0.0%)

Patient Outcomes

FDA patient-outcome codes (separate from event_type). Percentages use this chart's row total.

5,746 (58.6%)
Other 3,764 (38.4%)
Required Intervention 201 (2.0%)
R 34 (0.3%)
Hospitalization 29 (0.3%)
Death 24 (0.2%)
O 8 (0.1%)
Disability 4 (0.0%)
H 2 (0.0%)
Life Threatening 1 (0.0%)

Devices (19)

Device Reports
Syringe, Piston 6,136
Needle, Hypodermic, Single Lumen 2,748
Syringe, Antistick 639
Catheter, Intravascular, Therapeutic, Short-Term Less Than 30 Days 131
Container, Liquid Medication, Graduated 129
Set, Administration, Intravascular 23
Tubes, Vials, Systems, Serum Separators, Blood Collection 20
Piston Syringe With Neuraxial Connector – Epidural, Peripheral, And/Or Indirect Cerebral Spinal Fluid Contact 18
Tubes, Gastrointestinal (And Accessories) 14
Saline, Vascular Access Flush 3
Bag, Ice 1
Blade, Scalpel 1
Dispenser, Liquid Medication 1
Injector And Syringe, Angiographic 1
Instrument, Surgical, Disposable 1
Needle, Aspiration And Injection, Disposable 1
Needle, Spinal, Short Term 1
Single Use Only Blood Lancet With An Integral Sharps Injury Prevention Feature 1
Tray, Catheterization, Sterile Urethral, With Or Without Catheter (Kit) 1

Yearly Trend

03
2003: 2
04
2004: 5
05
2005: 3
06
2006: 1
08
2008: 1
13
2013: 3
15
2015: 15
16
2016: 49
17
2017: 406
18
2018: 1,078
19
2019: 1,315
20
2020: 959
21
2021: 834
22
2022: 1,369
23
2023: 1,527
24
2024: 1,046
25
2025: 846
26
2026: 410

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.